The 31-year-old woman is still frightened. She asked WISN 12 News not to show her face, or use her name, as she recounted being attacked while trying to catch the bus home after a college class Thursday night.

"He was pulling on me, jerking on me, pulling my purse one way, pulling my backpack this way, and I got this heavy book bag, and I couldn't defend myself. It was like, it was terrible," she said.

The woman said the man came out of nowhere when she was about to board a bus at Capitol Drive and Teutonia Avenue.

She said he first went for her phone, and then the purse and backpack and finally punched her.

"He punched me in my jaw, my right jaw," she said.

While this was happening, she said two bus buses stopped there. She tried to get help from them, but she claims the drivers wouldn't let her on.

"I was knocking on the door, 'Hey let me on this bus. I need to get on this bus. Help, he's trying to rob me. Can I get on this bus?'" she said

In a panic, she managed to ask some witnesses to call 911.

She's now making sure she gets home before dark and urging others to be alert.

"I feel like everybody needs to be aware of these men out here lurking for people by themselves, people period, not even woman, people period out here late night catching the bus. People need to be aware of their surroundings when catching the bus. Be careful," she said.

The Milwaukee County Transit System said it's working closely with authorities but did not say why the two bus drivers allegedly didn't help the woman.

WISN 12'S WEATHER APP. NEW AT 10:00. PUNCHED IN THE FACE FOR HER CELL PHONE AND PURSE AT A BUS STOP. MAX SEIGLE HAS THE STORY OF A YOUNG WOMAN COMING FORWARD WITH A WARNING FOR ANYONE COMMUTING AT NIGHT. I FELT HELPLESS THAT DAY. SOMETHING COULD'VE PREVENTED THIS. THIS WOMAN IS STILL FRIGHTENED. SHE ASKED US NOT TO SHOW HER FACE OR USERNAME. SHE RECOUNTS BEING ATTACKED WERE TRYING TO CATCH A BUS HOME AFTER A COLLEGE CLASS LAST THURSDAY NIGHT. THEY WERE PULLING MY PURSE ONE WAY. THERE WERE PULLING MY BOOK BAG THIS WAY. I WAS TRYING TO DEFEND MYSELF. THE WOMAN SAYS THE MAN CAME OUT OF NOWHERE WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT TO BOARD A BUS. SHE SAID HE FIRST WENT FOR HER PHONE, THEN A PERSON BACKPACK, THEN PUNCHED HER. HE PUNCHED ME IN MY JAW, MY RIGHT JAW. IN THE MIDDLE ALL THIS TOM A TWO BUS DRIVER STOPPED BY TO TRY TO GET HELP. SHE CLAIMED THEY WOULD NOT LET HER ON. I WAS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO ROB ME. BUT SHE STILL MANAGED TO ASK SOME WITNESSES TO CALL 911. SHE IS NOW MAKING SURE SHE GETS HOME BEFORE DARK AND URGING OTHERS TO BE ALERT. X EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF THESE MEN OUT HERE. PEOPLE OUT HERE LATE AT NIGHT TRYING TO CATCH THE BUS. PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE. YOU HEARD ARE THERE, BE CAREFUL. THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THIS CASE . THE MILWAUKEE TRANSIT SYSTEM